Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 20, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Payback

If you loved Payback, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's ...

#2
Stop Making Sense

Stop Making Sense

1984★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by...

#3
Something Wild

Something Wild

1986★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up....

#4
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

1945★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by h...

#5
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#6
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....